diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index 9ae13676f881..a25e9c7b1c59 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ which control its invocation.
 .Pp
 As can be noted from the above picture, the number of
 times the same packet goes through the firewall can
-vary between 0 and 4 depending o packet source and
+vary between 0 and 4 depending on packet source and
 destination, and system configuration.
 In each of these places, the packet is passed to
 .Nm